G/TBT/N/ECU/381  
24 April 2019 
(19-2752) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOT CECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Of non-
malleable cast iron (HS 732510) ; Other (HS 732599)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document : Proyecto de 
Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 062 (3R) "Productos de 
fundiciones de hierro gris y nodular"  (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 062 "G rey and ductile cast 
iron products") (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements 
to be met by grey and ductile cast iron products, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading 
practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
• Drainage grates to be installed in areas subject to vehicular and pedestrian traffic;  G/TBT/N/ECU/381  
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  • Covers for man holes and underground networks;  
• Manhole covers;  
• Inspection chambers;  
• Telecommunication manhole covers;  
• Refillable manhole covers;  
• Cast-iron gutters with cast -iron grates;  
• Drains.  
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
• Covers, grilles and drains made from materials other than ductile  or grey cast 
iron; 
• Valve boxes and drains for floors and roofs in buildings  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling; prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection of human health and safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
3. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2496:2009+Corrigendo 
1:2014+Corrigendo 2:2015, Tapas para uso en pozos y redes subterráneas . Rejillas de 
alcantarillado . Requisitos e inspección ; 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/78  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/78/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/78/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/78/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/78/Add.4  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/78/Add.5  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date  of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/381  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investm ent and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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